The Law Amending the Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce (“Law”) has been published in the Official Gazette dated 07.07.2022 and numbered 31889. With the Law, articles and definitions of the Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce numbered 6563 (“Law No. 6563”) have been amended and new obligations have been introduced for intermediary service...
The Regulation Amending the Regulation on Fines for Anti-Competitive Agreements, Concerted Practices, Decisions and Abuse of Dominant Position (‘’Regulation’’) has been published in the Official Gazette dated 15.06.2022 and numbered 31867. With the Regulation, the definition of gross annual income in Regulation on Fines for Anti-Competitive Agreements, Concerted Practices, Decisions and Abuse of Dominant Positions’...
Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) has published the Board Decision (“Decision”), dated 09.12.2021 and numbered 2021/1239, regarding the allegation that the personal data of the data subject is disclosed by the data controller bank by calling the data subject’s family. The following allegations were submitted to the Board in the complaint subjected to the Decision:...
The Regulation Amending the Regulation on Measures Regarding Prevention of Laundering Proceeds of Crime and Financing of Terrorism (“Regulation”) entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette dated 16 June 2022 and numbered 31868. The lower monetary limit of transactions of institutions and organizations which are obliged to prevent laundering proceeds of crime...
Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) has published the Board Decision (“Decision”), dated 25.11.2021 and numbered 2021/1187, regarding accessing the corporate e-mail account of the data subject, who is a former employee, by the data controller employer, without informing the data subject. The following allegations were submitted to the Board in the complaint by the data...
The E-Marketplace Platforms Sector Inquiry Final Report prepared by the Turkish Competition Authority was published on the official website of the Authority on 14.04.2022. As a result of the “E-Marketplace Platforms Sector Inquiry” launched on 11.06.2020 about e-marketplace platforms, the Competition Authority published the “E-Marketplace Platforms Sector Inquiry Preliminary Report” on 07.05.2021. Policy recommendations...
The Regulation Amending the Regulation on Independent Audit of Banks (‘‘Regulation’’) entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette dated 25 May 2022 and numbered 31846. With the Regulation: Article 19 of the Regulation on Independent Audit of Banks has been amended as: ‘‘Professional liability insurance policy shall be issued in a way...
The Annual Report for 2021 (“Report”) prepared by the Competition Authority (“Authority”) was published on the official website of the Authority on 25.04.2022 Within the scope of the Report, there are statistical analyzes of all the decisions taken by the Competition Board (“Board”), including the sectoral breakdowns, legislative studies carried out during the year and...
The Constitutional Court Decision dated 10.03.2022 and numbered 2018/11988 (“Decision”) published in the Official Gazette dated 19.04.2022 and numbered 31814 pertains to the allegation that right to request the protection of personal data within the scope of the right to respect privacy has been violated due to work hour tracking with a fingerprint registration system....
The Regulation Amending the Regulation on Remote Identification Methods and Establishment of Contractual Relations in Electronic Environment to be Used by Banks (“Regulation”) has been published in the Official Gazette dated 06.04.2022 and numbered 31801. With the Regulation, the fourth section, titled Principles Regarding Remote Identification to be Applied within the Scope of the Deposit...
